To paraphrase @markharris.bsky.social (commenting on Tucker Carlson’s manhood doc): “I am sitting here next to my gay husband living my gay life reading a gay novel as research for my new gay book ... and yet I am not and will never be as gay as whatever is haunting” whoever named these operations.

44 years ago today Damaged is the debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band Black Flag, released on this day in 1981 and became one of the most influential punk rock records of all time, Cover Art by Edward Colver #punk #punks #punkrock #damaged #blackflag #punkrockhistory #otd

Can’t decide whether this is torture or television. #catsky ♥️🐈‍⬛

Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Standing by the Perimeter Fence and Screaming for 30 Seconds Before Vanishing Day to you and yours. #Comics #Watchmen #DrManhattan

I have opinions about the locally shot "June Farms" series premiering next week. I'll share 'em when the review embargo lifts next week. Until then... www.timesunion.com/movies/artic...

“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938 zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context

Damnit. No more Zodiac Killer films, documentaries, etc, please. LET IT GO! LET ME HAVE MY NAME BACK! #RickMarshallProblems youtu.be/u0CIawoCtn4?...

"“(The play) takes place in Wisconsin, but it could very easily be right on the plateau in Averill Park,” Sheldon said. “The politics of (these characters) are undertones. And up here, in the Capital Region, we’re pretty 50-50 — the more rural you go, the more split it is."

You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique

Oreoboros

MINT BROWNIES FOREVER!!! (iykyk) But seriously, this is great news for my favorite local theater. Planning a visit this weekend, in fact! #albanyny #movietheater

a “Space Force”, if you will

Tonight! We could have some more events in the future, but for now, this is the only way to get a copy of the comic.

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Fascinated by the story of Edith Meiser, who saved Sherlock Holmes' popularity in the US when it was waning. She pitched & produced the Sherlock radio show & relentlessly advocated for the character, but is generally overlooked. There's a new play about Meiser premiering soon in Saratoga.

Someday, when someone asks me, "How do I look?" and I respond, "Like a hoopy frood who really knows where their towel is," I will not be met with a confused (and slightly concerned) stare. Today is not that day.

Definitely didn't have "Now I want to talk to Mike Gordon about video games" on my bingo card for today

To the tune of Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me"... "In one email to Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein wrote, 'I want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is Trump.' He added Trump 'spent hours at my house' with a person whose name is blacked out of emails but House Democrats identified as a 'victim.'"

Our film & local history buff CJ Lais took a deep dive into the life & local ties of Nuremberg prosecutor (& Albany Law grad) Robert H. Jackson, the only person to serve as Supreme Court Justice, US Attorney General & Solicitor General. He's played by Michael Shannon in the new film.

Remembering the creator behind my favorite Universal Monster design, MILLICENT PATRICK, on her birthday. I never tire to draw this guy so a huge Thank you for adding the Creature From The Black Lagoon to the horror pantheon, Millicent! 💚💚💚

Tell 'em, Moon. #jazz

First snow of the season adds an interesting element to our post-Halloween decomposition study.

Comics, coffee vodka, and Albany ghost stories blend in "Awakened Spirits," the new comic from Albany Distilling Co.'s John Curtin and writer Ron Marz. (I've read it, and unlike most "promotional comic" projects, it's really good - esp. if you're interested in local lore.) Read all about it here:

IT'S A MAJOR AWARD! (Congrats to @caseyseiler.bsky.social @ericasmith.com @katkiessl.bsky.social & @jess-on-ice.com for well-deserved honors and recognition!)

A series of things I found in my lawn this morning.

Gaze upon this gorgeous ROM Spaceknight by @zippyrich.bsky.social that is now en route to me. It's a thing of beauty, folks. FOR GALADOR! #comics #romspaceknight

Oh hey that's me. Fun fact: That brief clip was pretty much the only portion I read that didn't include obscenities. I got a good set of pages.

Really enjoyed last night's "Legs" reading, but this was an unexpected highlight with William Kennedy and Belle-Skinner. #video #booksky 💙📚

Looking for something to do around the region over the next few days? Here's everything happening over the next 7 days. Oh, and here are my faves: - Weed-friendly "Smokus Pocus" magic show - Clash of the Titans screening in Schen. - Flamy Grant, the only drag queen to make the Christian music charts

Set phasers to "DAAAAAAAAAAMN, LEGO! THAT'S THE STUFF!"

“He had no conception of organic friendship as opposed to transactionality,” de Blasio (the former mayor, guys) said. “ ... The only thing he could conceptionalize [sic] was political power and gaining the next office and somehow ... surpassing his father in his own mind. That was a horrible trap.”

William Kennedy reads from “Legs” at the NYS Writers Institute’s daylong community reading — which is running late, thus allowing time for good literary fellowship.

Perfect Albany evening celebrating the celebrated William Kennedy. A true honor being present to hear him read.

I'll read an excerpt from William Kennedy's "Legs" as part of this public event a little after 6pm tonight. Come join me (and fellow readers incl. @caseyseiler.bsky.social & @ronmarz.bsky.social ) at Albany Distilling Co. (Donations to the local food pantry are being collected on location.)

In stores today, from @comicstitan.bsky.social and @heroicsignatures.bsky.social.

I love editing/proofing our weekly arts event listings. Why? Metal show lineups like this: "Dysentery, w/ special guests Groaning Retch, Blood Starved Beast, Invoke Thy Wrath, Windchimes." (I know nothing about Windchimes, but w/ a name like that in a lineup like that, they must be metal AF.)

"...wreaths made out of human hair..."

This is an actual page on the Whitehouse.gov website right now. We might not be in the darkest timeline (yet), but we're definitely in the dumbest.

"At the heart of Wicked’s enduring legacy is its chilling, cyclical relevancy. It’s a tale of outsiders, totalitarian control and propaganda as much as it is a tale of female friendship," writes @katkiessl.bsky.social in her review of the stage show (at Proctors Theatre through 11/9). #wicked

This story is fascinating and all, but I really just love the classic "academic in the midst of discussing their research with their feet up on a messy desk against a backdrop of a chalkboard filled with indecipherable calculations" photo.

On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable

I'm not done with the #Halloween photos (it's still Halloweekend, after all), so two more of my favorite plague doctor pics.

Nature is often simultaneously amazing and terrifying. Case in point: This microscopic rotifier.

Absolutely thrilled to sit down w/ local soul-rocker Buggy Jive to talk about his new album, "Icarus Ascending." It's always a fun conversation w/ him, and this was no exception. The new album drops Nov. 7. You can read the full article here:

Big fan.

A thematically appropriate quiz before you head out into the night. (I disappointed myself by only getting 6/10 correct.)

Happy Halloween. I'm just here for the pestilence.